19th Visual Effects Society Awards

The 19th Visual Effects Society Awards was an awards ceremony held by the Visual Effects Society. Nominations were announced on March 1, 2021,^[1] and the ceremony took place on April 6, 2021.

19th Visual Effects Society Awards

April 6, 2021

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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature:
The Midnight Sky

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Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode:
The Mandalorian – "Chapter 9: The Marshal"

Nominees

Honorary Awards

Lifetime Achievement Award:

• Peter Jackson

VES Award for Creative Excellence

• Robert Legato

Film

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature	Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Feature
The Midnight Sky – Matt Kasmir, Greg Baxter, Chris Lawrence, Max Solomon, David Watkins Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey – Brad Parker, Roma Van Den Bergh, Eric Guaglione, Carlos Monzon, Stefano Pepin Project Power – Ivan Moran, Leslie Hough, Joao Sita, Matthew Twyford, Yves Debono Tenet – Andrew Jackson, Mike Chambers, Andrew Lockley, David Lee, Scott Fisher The Witches – Kevin Baillie, Sandra Scott, Sean Konrad, Glenn Melenhorst, Mark Holt	Mank – Wei Zheng, Peter Mavromates, Simon Carr, James Pastorius Da 5 Bloods – Randall Balsmeyer, James Cooper, Watcharachai "Sam" Panichsuk Extraction – Marko Forker, Lynzi Grant, Craig Wentworth, Olivier Sarda News of the World – Roni Rodrigues, Dayaliyah Lopez, Ian Fellows, Andrew Morley, Brandon K. McLaughlin Welcome to Chechnya – Ryan Laney, Eugen Bräunig, Maxwell Anderson, Johnny Han, Piers Dennis
Outstanding Visual Effects in an Animated Feature	Outstanding Animated Character in a Photoreal Feature
Soul – Pete Docter, Dana Murray, Michael Fong, Bill Watral Onward – Dan Scanlon, Kori Rae, Sanjay Bakshi, Vincent Serritella Over the Moon – Glen Keane, Gennie Rim, Céline Desrumaux, David Alexander Smith The Croods: A New Age – Joel Crawford, Mark Swift, Betsyf Nofsinger, Jakob Hjort Jensen Trolls World Tour – Walt Dohrn, Gina Shay, Kendal Cronkhite-Shaindlin, Matt Baer	The One and Only Ivan – Ivan – Valentina Rosselli, Thomas Huizer, Andrea De Martis, William Bell The Kangaroo Chronicles – Kangaroo – Claudius Urban, Sebastian Badea, Dorian Knapp, Ruth Wiegand Jingle Jangle: A Christmas Journey – Don Juan Diego – Eric Guaglione, Shuchi Singhal, Adrien Annesley, Mahmoud Ellithy The Witches – Daisy – Jye Skinn, Sarah Fuller, Marco Iannaccone, Fredrik Sundqvist
Outstanding Animated Character in an Animated Feature	Outstanding Created Environment in a Photoreal Feature
Soul – Terry – Jonathan Hoffman, Jonathan Page, Peter Tieryas, Ron Zorman Onward – Dad Pants – Kristopher Campbell, Jonas Jarvers, Rob Jensen, Jacob Kuenzel Over the Moon – Chang'e – Siggi Orri Thorhannesson, Hyesok Kim, Javier Solsona, Alan Chen The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge on the Run – SpongeBob – Jacques Daigle, Guillaume Dufief, Adrien Montero, Liam Hill	Mulan – Imperial City – Jeremy Fort, Matt Fitzgerald, Ben Walker, Adrian Vercoe Bloodshot – Neuralspace – Arbanud Brisebois, Patrick Bacon, Dawid Borkiewicz, Gérôme Viavant The Eight Hundred – 1937 Shanghai Downtown – Sefano Cieri, Aaron Auty, Simon Carlile, Patrick Zentis The Eight Hundred – Shanghai Warehouse District – Jamie Macdougall, Mark Honer, David Pekarek
Outstanding Created Environment in an Animated Feature	Outstanding Virtual Cinematography in a CG Project
Soul – You Seminar – Hosuk Chang, Sungyeon Joh, Peter Roe, Frank Tai Onward – Swamp Gas – Eric Andraos, Laura Grieve, Nick Pitera, Michael Rutter Trolls World Tour – Techno Reef – Luke Heathcock, Zachary Glynn, Marina Ilic, Michael Trull Trolls World Tour – Volcano Rock City – Brian LaFrance, Sara Cembalisty, Christopher Sprunger, Ruben Perez	Soul – Matt Aspbury, Ian Megibben Ghost of Tsushima – A Storm is Coming – Aladino Debert, Matt Dougan, Eric Beaver, David Liu The Mandalorian – "Chapter 15: The Believer" – Richard Bluff, Matt Jensen, Chris Williams, Landis Fields IV The Mandalorian – "Chapter 12: The Siege" – Dave Crispino, Kyle Winkelman, Paul Kavanagh, Jose Burgos
Outstanding Model in a Photoreal or Animated Project	Outstanding Effects Simulations in a Photoreal Feature
The Midnight Sky – Aether – Michael Balthazart, Jonathan Opgenhaffen, John-Peter Li, Simon Aluze The Mandalorian – Boba Fett's Ship – Jay Machado, Enrico Damm, Gerald Blaise, Ryan Church The Mandalorian – "Chapter 16: The Rescue"; Light Cruiser – John Knoll, John Goodson, Dan Patrascu, Rene Garcia The Witches – Rollercoaster – Jared Michael, Peter Dominik, Sylvain Lesaint, Emily Tilson	Project Power – Yin Lai Jimmy Leung, Jonathan Edward Lyddon-Towl, Pierpaolo Navarini, Michelle Lee Bloodshot – Omar Meradi, Jeremy Poupin, Sylvain Robert, Deak Ferrand Greyhound – Mike Nixon, Nicholas Papworth, Jeremy Smith, Yashdeep Sawant Monster Hunter – Vimal Mallireddy, Warren Lawtey, Tom O’Bready, Dominik Haase Mulan – Theo Vandernoot, Sandra Balej, James Carson, Yuri Rudakov
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Animated Feature	Outstanding Compositing in a Photoreal Feature
Soul – Alexis Angelidis, Keith Daniel Klohn, Aimei Kutt, Melissa Tseng Onward – Dave Hale, Jonah Blue Laird, Stephen Marshall, Ricardo Nadu Over the Moon – Ian Farnsworth, Brian Casper, Reinhold Rittinger, Jennifer Lasrado Trolls World Tour – Stephen Wood, Carl Hooper, Spencer Knapp, Nick Augello The Willoughbys – Helén Ahlberg, Kyle McQueen, Russell Smith, Raehyeon Kim	Project Power – Russell Horth, Matthew Patience, Julien Rousseau Greyhound – Chris Gooch, Tiago Santos, Stu Bruzek, Sneha Amin Mulan – Christoph Salzmann, Beck Veitch, Joerg Bruemmer, Indah Maretha Underwater – Sreejith Venugopalan, Ruslan Borysov, Susil Sabat, Andreas Andersson
Outstanding Special (Practical) Effects in a Photoreal or Animated Project
Fear the Walking Dead – Bury Her Next to Jasper's Leg – Frank Iudica, Scott Roark, Daniel J. Yates

Television

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode	Outstanding Supporting Visual Effects in a Photoreal Episode
The Mandalorian – "Chapter 9: The Marshal" – Joe Bauer, Abbigail Keller, Hal Hickel, Richard Bluff, Roy Cancino Lovecraft Country – "Jig-A-Bobo" – Kevin Blank, Robin Griffin, Pietro Ponti, Francois Dumoulin Star Trek: Discovery – "Su'Kal" – Jason Michael Zimmerman, Aleksandra Kochoska, Ante Dekovic, Ivan Kondrup Jensen Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made – Rich McBride, Leslie Lerman, Nicolas Chevallier, Anders Beer, Tony Lazarowich Westworld – "Crisis Theory" – Jay Worth, Elizabeth Castro, Bruce Branit, Joe Wehmeyer, Mark Byers	The Crown – "Gold Stick" – Ben Turner, Reece Ewing, Andrew Scrase, Jonathan Wood I Know This Much Is True – Episode 1 – Eric Pascarelli, Keith Kolder, Ariel Altman Mrs. America – Shirley – Janelle Croshaw, Kaylie Whitcher, Leonardo Silva, Zena Bielewicz, Michael Innanen Survive – Ariel Altman, Rae Welty, Caius Wong, Carl Fong Vikings – "Best Laid Plans" – Dominic Remane, Bill Halliday, Tom Morrison, Ovidiu Cinazan, Paul Byrne Warrior – "Learn to Endure, Or Hire a Bodyguard" – Jonathan Alenskas, Leah Orsini, Nate Overstrom, David Eschrich
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Commercial	Outstanding Animated Character in an Episode or Real-Time Project
Walmart – Famous Visitors – Chris "Badger" Knight, Lori Talley, Yarin Mares, Matt Fuller Arm & Hammer – Once Upon a Time – Kiril Mirkov, Solomon Tiigah, Vanessa Duquesnay, Prashanth Paramasivam Burberry – Singin' In The Rain – Fabian Frank, Ryan Hancocks, Rob Richardson, Alex Lovejoy Hornbach – It Seems Impossible Until You Do It – Ben Cronin, Tomek Zietkiewicz, Amir Bazzazi, Bruno Fukumothi PlayStation – The Edge – Diarmid Harrison-Murray, Tom Igglesden, Alex Gabucci, Tom Raynor Xbox – Us Dreamers – Dan Seddon, Elexis Stearn, Fabian Frank, Zhenya Vladi	The Mandalorian – "Chapter 13: The Jedi"; The Child – John Rosengrant, Peter Clarke, Scott Patton, Hal Hickel The Crown – "The Balmoral test"; Imperial Stag – Ahmed Gharraph, Ross Burgess, Gabriela Ruch Salmeron, Joel Best The Mandalorian – "Chapter 9: The Marshal"; Krayt Dragon – Paul Kavanagh, Zaini Mohamed Jalani, Michal Kriukow, Nihal Friedel Timmy Failure: Mistakes Were Made; "Total" – Maxime Masse, Hennadii Prykhodko, Luc Girard, Sophie Burie
Outstanding Animated Character in a Commercial	Outstanding Created Environment in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project
Arm & Hammer – Once Upon a Time; Tuxedo Tom – Shiny Rajan, Silvia Bartoli, Matias Heker, Tiago Dias Mota AFK Arena – Toilet Uzgahm – Chloe Dawe, Brad Noble, Tim van Hussen, Simon Legrand Far Cry 6 – Legacy; Anton – Maxime Luere, Leon Berelle, Rémi Kozyra, Dominique Boidin Legends of Runeterra – Breathe, Darius – Maxime Luere, Leon Berelle, Rémi Kozyra, Dominique Boidin TK Maxx – The Lil Goat – Kiril Mirkov, Silvia Bartoli, Chris Welsby, David Bryan	The Mandalorian – "Chapter 15: The Believer"; Morak Jungle – Enrico Damm, Johanes Kurnia, Phi Tran, Tong Tran Brave New World – "New London" – Guy Williams, Justin Gros-Désir, Markus Sterner, Ryan Clarke Cyberpunk 2077 – "Night City" – Jakub Knapik, Lucjan Więcek Lovecraft Country – "Tulsa 1921" – Patrice Poissant, Pauline Lavelle, Mohamed Abdou Elhakim, Alan Lam The Mandalorian – "Chapter 12: The Siege", Nevarro Canyon – Kevin George, Aaron Barr, Piotr Tatar, Abel Milanés Betancourt
Outstanding Effects Simulations in an Episode, Commercial, or Real-Time Project	Outstanding Compositing in an Episode
Lovecraft Country – "Strange Case"; Chrysalis – Federica Foresti, Johan Gabrielsson, Hugo Medda, Andreas Krieg PlayStation – The Edge – Tom Raynor, Andreu Lucio, Martin Aufinger, Platon Filimonov Tales from the Loop – Loretta's House – Dominik Kirouac, Gaël Chopin, Sylvain Nouveau, Laurent Pancaccini The Mandalorian – "Chapter 9: The Marshal"; Krayt Dragon – HuaiYuan Teh, Don Wong, Mathieu Chardonnet, Prashanth Bhagavan	Lovecraft Country – "Strange Case"; Crysalis – Viktor Andersson, Linus Lindblom, Mattias Sandelius, Crawford Reilly The Mandalorian – "Chapter 15: The Believer" – Peter Demarest, Christopher Balog, Shawn Mason, David Wahlberg The Mandalorian – "Chapter 9: The Marshal" – Nicolas Caillier, Simon Rafin, SiangKee Poh, Simon Marinof The Mandalorian – "Chapter 10: The Passenger" – TC Harrison, Tami Carter, Jaume Creus Costabella, Shane Davidson
Outstanding Compositing in a Commercial
Burberry – Singin' In the Rain – Alex Lovejoy, Mithun Alex, David Filipe, Amresh Kumar Perrier – Heat – Stéphane Pivron, Franck Lambertz, Harry Bardak, Christophe Courgeau PlayStation – The Edge – Alex Gabucci, Rebecca Clay, Alex Grey, Alex Kulikov Walmart – Famous Visitors – Chris “Badger” Knight, Ben Smith, Jake Albers, Franz Kol

Other categories

Outstanding Visual Effects in a Real-Time Project	Outstanding Visual Effects in a Special Venue Project
Ghost of Tsushima – Jason Connell, Matt Vainio, Jasmin Patry, Joanna Wang Assassin's Creed Valhalla – Raphael Lacoste, Jean-Sebastien Guay, Virginie Cinq-Mars, Thierry Beaumont Cyberpunk 2077 – Jakub Knapik, Małgorzata Mitręga, Piotr Suchodolski, Krzysztof Krzyścin Spider-Man: Miles Morales - Reactor Finale – Gavin Goulden, Jess Reed, Bryanna Lindsey, Mike Yosh The Last of Us Part II – Neil Druckmann, Eben Cook, Erick Pangilinan, John Sweeney	The Bourne Stuntacular – Salvador Zalvidea, Tracey Gibbons, George Allan, Matthías Bjarnason, Scott Smith Asteroid Hunters – Antoine Durr, Jini Durr, Bert Poole, Neishaw Ali Mickey & Minnie's Runaway Railway – Ryan Donoghue, Becky Train, Blaine Kennison, Nick da Silva, Corban Prim The March – Aruna Inversin, Peter Nelson, Kevin Williams, Sean Kealey
Outstanding Visual Effects in a Student Project
Migrants – Antoine Dupriez, Hugo Caby, Lucas Lermytte, Zoé Devise Time's Down – Valentin Soulard, François Brugalières, Nils Lemonnier, Yan Weitlauff, Jonathan Bacheter Aral – Cédric Moens de Hase, Benoit Paya, Charles Morhain, Mathilde Dallamaggiore Strands of Mind – Adrian Meyer, Laura Messner